Unholy Diver
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Is it a standalone story? Will it be worth watching / make sense, if I missed the first one?
Movies: Gladiator 2
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Is it a standalone story? Will it be worth watching / make sense, if I missed the first one?
Jovavic
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I think this will end up losing the studio money, the amount of marketing I've seen has been insane
DaaaaB's
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You'd probably be better off just watching the first one instead of this one. You seriously haven't seen Gladiator?
John Price
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the original gladiator was an exceptional movie. hard to believe this one will be as good. and yeah the marketing is crazy they were advertising it throughout football yesterday
Unholy Diver
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No I haven't, and likely won't, I prefer to see the big epic movies in a theater, and the trailers for the new one have me thinking about it
Bocephus86
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The first Gladiator stands up incredibly well. It's worth a watch. I still get goose bumps 2 or 3 different times, and I've probably seen it 20 times.
RandV
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I saw it last night and think that's fair. I'd say where Gladiator was a historically adjacent journey, Gladiator II was a complete historical fabrication and a sprint. The story in the sequel is more complicated but not for the better as they just have to rush the pace a lot more and not flesh things out. For example the other gladiators on the team were basically just recurring background characters, and he went from slave to champion in just a couple of days. Also while I was not nearly as well versed in Roman history when Gladiator came out, as I learned about it (The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan) when I came to the part I was able to put into context when the movie was set. So now that I am knowledgeable in Roman history, the complete lack of authenticity bugged me a lot more here.
I haven't seen Gladiator in a long time but it's a memorable classic. Gladiator II was entertaining but not something you really remember after watching it. And one thing that bugs me that's common in today's movie was the soundtrack, which was completely forgettable here except for the parts where the dropped in something from the original. On the positive side of things, Denzel Washington was great and really stole the show.
I am not exposed
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Get a big TV instead. Then you can watch these movies once they are not at the cinema anymore.
hotcabbagesoup
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And you can take bathroom breaks without missing any action!
Unholy Diver
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I am not exposed
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And not hear other people eat popcorn! And put subtitles on!
I'm not surprised the cinema is dying. Especially when a lot of films appear on streaming services a month or two after they have been released.
Kurtz
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What was up with those ridiculous monkeys?
I'd echo that this was an entertaining movie but pales in comparison to the original. Mescal didn't really do it for me, was a lightweight compared to Crowe.
If anyone is a fan of original Frasier, you might recognize the overactor from one of the episodes...overacting here.
Also a fun cameo from The Hound.
Oh and imo Gaeta and Caracalla's story in real life was more interesting than what they came up with onscreen.
I'd echo that this was an entertaining movie but pales in comparison to the original. Mescal didn't really do it for me, was a lightweight compared to Crowe.
If anyone is a fan of original Frasier, you might recognize the overactor from one of the episodes...overacting here.
Also a fun cameo from The Hound.
Oh and imo Gaeta and Caracalla's story in real life was more interesting than what they came up with onscreen.
